10 area preps volleyball teams make state

Torrey Pines coach Brennan Dean and his players savor their win over Francis Parker to clinch a San Diego Section championship in the new Open Division on Saturday night at Cathedral Catholic High. Up next for the champions is the state volleyball tournament, which begins this week.

Jamie Scott Lytle

Torrey Pines coach Brennan Dean and his players savor their win over Francis Parker to clinch a San Diego Section championship in the new Open Division on Saturday night at Cathedral Catholic High. Up next for the champions is the state volleyball tournament, which begins this week.

Torrey Pines coach Brennan Dean and his players savor their win over Francis Parker to clinch a San Diego Section championship in the new Open Division on Saturday night at Cathedral Catholic High. Up next for the champions is the state volleyball tournament, which begins this week. (Jamie Scott Lytle)

The CIF girls State Volleyball Championship seeds were announced Sunday, providing berths to 10 San Diego programs.

Competition begins Tuesday with the first round of the regionals and ends with the state finals at Santiago Canyon College in Orange on Dec. 7.

Division III and Division V champions Tri-City Christian (14-20, 0-10) and Classical Academy (24-5, 8-2) were left out, opening the floodgates for discussion about the newly formed Open Division and the process by which each division’s representative is chosen.

Before, teams were arranged in divisions by enrollment across the board. Now, eight teams are selected to participate in the Open Division based on records over the past three years. Thus creating some controversy when determining teams to qualify for state.

Because there is no Open Division across California, the eight teams move into their respective divisions, as in Francis Parker earning a berth in Division IV.